Archive for March, 2013

Near Field Communication

Posted by on Monday, 25 March, 2013

Investing in online will mean also investing in mobile. -Geolocation and augmented reality (AR): geolocation allows you to operate with the exact location of the user and further personalize communications. Augmented reality will allow adding extra layers of information to what the consumer displays. Interactivity thus reaches a new level. -Mobile payment: If there is a unique feature in the mobile, that makes it the device better suited for e-commerce, is the existence of different payment gateways faster and more integrated. It is a feature that can be implemented practically in any mobile strategy and is based on the agility of the device.

-NFC: Near Field Communication, synonymous with use of the phone as a credit card when you contact a specific reader. There are many expectations placed on this technology and the market assumes that it will be a small revolution, but it will oblige the user to acquire new specific handsets, leaving the question of what percentage of the mobile Park will have NFC at the end of the year. -BIDI or QR, two-dimensional codes: 9 of every 10 users would go to the web site of a brand that interests them when they see an impact of that brand in outdoor advertising. Forcing users to type a web address in the mobile means losing many along the way. The BIDI is easy, fast, intuitive, simple and interactive, known for 64% of mobile users. -Apps integrated into the digital strategy: applications must be part of the digital strategy of a brand, be an extra window of contact with its customers.

Develop independent apps, isolated from the comprehensive strategy, as whim or toy brand, will be little relevant results. Only 11% of the apps are downloaded by advertising, versus 67% of magazines or websites, which indicates that there is room for improvement – content: new business models: falling the classic model of payment shock and reach new business models. The model of user consumption has changed with streaming, with the free content supported by advertising, with the digital convergence or P2P, to give some examples. New actors, burst (Apple fights for the rights of the English Premiere League); others will have to redefine. They arrive and will arrive to the market new business models to be followed carefully. -Privacy: The advance of new technologies, the concentration of digital actors and questionable ethics of certain services may give a negative view on the future of the privacy of the user. However, the rise of advertising as an economic engine for mobile services is forcing a transparency as never before had.

Marketing

Posted by on Tuesday, 12 March, 2013

To take the advantage the opportunities offered to you the list of underwriters of its website (e-zine), it is necessary to master the art of relations. This is the way to keep customers who return again to you, wasting your money in your business, and this ensure the future of your business. Your mailing list is the key to build relationships with potential customers, so you must do it consistently. The first step in building relationships is to be able to identify: perspectives customers loyal customers old customers lost customers. Obviously, loyal customers are those who spend more.

So, how to start communicating with your mailing list to convert them into loyal customers? Building the relationship through E-zines (electronic magazine) persons registered for your e-zine, since he promised to send regular quality of information that is relevant to your needs. Be sure to do this and to continue it, so they want to stay in your mailing list. Make your informative e-zine. Of This way, you will be seen as an expert in your field: for someone who wants to see him. Include its subscribers and make them feel appreciated. Here are some ways to do it: make online surveys to your e-zine subscribers to answer a question with the choice of 3 of responses which can be made by clicking on a link. Encourage your subscribers, you can provide a link where you can post your comments and other observations. Make sure that you acknowledge these and perhaps provide a small gift to people whose comments is included as a cover page in your next e-zine.

Invite questions and suggestions from their readers. Be sure to respond to them. The point of e-zines (electronic magazine) is to foster the belief that you are an expert and can be trusted.